electric buses in Australia and the UK

Posted On Thursday, 30 July 2015

While Melbourne is developing Australia's first electric bus, London will soon have its first all-electric double-decker bus.

Australia
Working in partnership with BusTech and AutoCRC, Swinburne University of
Technology has helped develop the first electric bus to be designed,
engineered and manufactured in Australia. (source)

UK

Electric double-deckers had previously been thought to be too difficult
to build. due to the challenges in efficiently powering something so
large. The Mayor’s office said it’s also going to test
inductive charging for electric buses beginning in October. This means
the buses will be able to recharge wirelessly when parked over charging
spots. (source)